PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ALL STARS ALL-WEATHER ALL ACTION! INFORMATION PACK – SEASON 7

@AWCHAMPS #AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK WELCOME TO SEASON 7

Welcome to Season 7 of the All-Weather Feature races under both brands include Listed races, the In the 3-Year-Old category, the Listed Ladbrokes Spring Championships. Gaining in popularity year on Ladbrokes Fleur de Lys Stakes as well as the Ladbrokes Cup at Lingfield Park in February becomes a Fast Track year, the Championships are now very much the at Newcastle on Good Friday, whilst Qualifier, whilst the Listed Cooley Stakes at Dundalk in centrepiece of flat racing through the winter in races such as the Listed Golden Rose and Cleves Stakes November receives similar status in the Fillies & Mares Britain. Good Friday at Lingfield Park is a real in the Sprint Category and the Churchill and Winter Derby Category. In addition, a new Fast Track Qualifier in the pinnacle day in the British Racing calendar, Trial Stakes in the Middle Distance Category accompany Mile Category has been established at Newcastle in attracting support from both home and abroad. the Winter Derby itself under ’s banner. January to take advantage of the hugely popular straight mile tapeta course. Season 6 was a fantastic year, and we were delighted to This season, the All-Weather Championships welcome follow the likes of Mark Johnston’s stars Matterhorn and Bombardier as the new sponsor of the Mile category. 2019 marks the 30th Anniversary of All-Weather racing Watersmeet alongside the likes of Wissahickon, trained Brewed at Eagle Brewery in Bedford since 1980, the in Britain, which will be marked at both Lingfield Park by John Gosden and Tom Dascombe’s always popular All-Weather Championships is delighted to partner with and Southwell Racecourses this season. We hope sprinter Kachy, owned by Dave and Janet Lowe. such a popular brand, which will see Bombardier beer that Season 7 of the All-Weather Championships is a available across the ARC racecourses throughout the fitting marker of this significant anniversary year. This season, we are once again delighted to welcome year, alongside their branding on the All-Weather tracks back Ladbrokes and Betway as category sponsors. and race titles throughout the winter season. We look forward to working with their teams to follow the horses that compete in their categories through the The All-Weather Championships is always looking to Winter and to see their branding across the four ARC evolve, and we’re pleased to deliver some amendments tracks involved in the All-Weather Championships. to the Fast Track Qualifiers this year, following feedback from Horsemen along with liaison with our colleagues at Horseracing Ireland and France Galop.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 2 ALL -WEATHER CHAMPIONSHIPS SEASON 6 – ROLL OF HONOUR

CHAMPION JOCKEY CHAMPION OWNER Adam Kirby 69 Godolphin 27 David Probert 55 Mr Hamdan 25 Luke Morris 53 Al Maktoum Mr Saeed Manana 18

CHAMPION APPRENTICE MOST WINNING JOCKEY HORSE Nicola Currie 30 Matterhorn 7 Phil Dennis 18 (winner on countback) Ladd 14 Lion Hearted 7 Executive Force 6

CHAMPION TRAINER HORSE OF THE YEAR Michael Appleby 50 Matterhorn £179,702 John Gosden 49 Wissahickon £140,492 Mark Johnston 46 Kachy £131,344

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PIZZICATO KACHY J: Christophe Soumillon J: Richard Kingscote T: Fabrice Chappet T: Tom Danscombe O:  Antoine Gilibert O: David Lowe

OH THIS IS US WATERSMEET J: Tom Marquand J: T: Richard Hannon T: Mark Johnston O: Team Wallop O: Mr J Barson

HEAVENLY HOLLY MATTERHORN J: Ryan Moore J: Joe Fanning T: Hugo Palmer T: Mark Johnston O: Hunscote Stud Limited O: Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

J = Jockey T = Trainer O = Owner

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 4 ALL -WEATHER CHAMPIONSHIPS SEASON 7

Season 7 of the All-Weather Championships will In addition, the All-Weather Championships hosts Good QUALIFYING FOR THE ALL-WEATHER run from Tuesday 22 October 2019 to Good Friday racing at Newcastle, with £175,000 in prize CHAMPIONSHIPS £1 MILLION FINALS DAY Friday, 10 April 2020 and include every all- money available. A new addition to Good Friday 2020 There are two ways for horses to qualify for one of the weather race held at Chelmsford City, Kempton will be the £100,000 card at Chelmsford City, rounding Finals on All-Weather Championships Finals Day at Park, Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Southwell and off the season. Lingfield Park, 10 April 2020. Wolverhampton over that period. As it enters its seventh season, the All-Weather • A horse can win a ‘Fast Track Qualifier’ race which The All-Weather Championships celebrates its stars Championships continues to deliver on the overarching will ensure a FREE and GUARANTEED place in the at Lingfield Park on Good Friday 2020, with a seven aim of improving the race programme and prestige of all- corresponding Final on Good Friday. There are four race, £1,000,000 card. It features the six All-Weather weather racing, whilst engaging racegoers, bookmakers, Fast Track Qualifiers in each of the six categories, Championship Finals, as well as the hugely popular and punters and horsemen throughout the season with hosted at racecourses in Britain, Ireland and France; or competitive handicap for apprentice jockeys. exciting sporting action. • A horse must run a minimum of three times on the all- The All-Weather Championships continue to give the weather surfaces in Great Britain, Ireland and France; sport the profile it deserves, with the practical benefits or twice on the all-weather surfaces in Great Britain, that this brings. This includes more horses staying in Ireland, France and once in Dubai during the qualifying training over the winter, especially in the north, boosting period between 22 October 2019 to 12:00 noon on field sizes and betting turnover, whilst adding to the varied 3 April 2020, and then be rated high enough to ‘make and exciting nature of British horseracing. the cut’ in a Final by order of BHA rating.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 5 THE CATEGORIES

3-YEAR-OLD – £150,000 FINAL SPRINT– £150,000 FINAL MILE– £150,000 FINAL The 3-Year-Old category aims to find the best 3-year-old The Sprint category aims to find the best 4-year-old+ The Mile category aims to find the best all-weather Milers all-weather colts, fillies and geldings with a Championship all-weather sprinters with a Championship Final over 6 with a Championship Final over 8 furlongs (1,600m). Final over 6 furlongs (1,200m). furlongs (1,200m). This category compromises of every 7 furlong and This category compromises of every 2-year-old race This category compromises of every 5 furlong and 8 furlong 3-year-old and upwards race between 22 between 22 October 2019 and 31 December 2019 and 6 furlong 3-year-old and upwards race between 22 October 2019 and 31 December 2019 and all 4-year- all 3-year-old only races from 1 January 2020 to the end October 2019 and 31 December 2019, and all 4-year- old and upwards races from 1 January 2020 to the end of the qualifying period. old and upwards races from 1 January 2020 to the end of the qualifying period, excluding races confined to Fillies of the qualifying period, excluding races confined to Fillies and Mares. To qualify for the Final a horse must win one of the four and Mares. Fast Track Qualifiers in the 3-Year-Old category or run To qualify for the Final a horse must win one of the a minimum of three times on the all-weather in Great To qualify for the Final a horse must win one of the four four Fast Track Qualifiers in the Mile category or run Britain, Ireland and France or twice on the all-weather Fast Track Qualifiers in the Sprint category or run a a minimum of three times on the all-weather in Great surfaces in Great Britain, Ireland, France and once in minimum of three times on the all-weather in Great Britain, Ireland and France or twice on the all-weather Dubai within in the qualifying period, and be rated high Britain, Ireland and France or twice on the all-weather surfaces in Great Britain, Ireland, France and once in enough to make the cut. surfaces in Great Britain, Ireland, France and once in Dubai within in the qualifying period, and be rated high Dubai within in the qualifying period, and be rated high enough to make the cut. enough to make the cut.

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MARATHON – £150,000 FINAL FILLIES & MARES – £150,000 FINAL MIDDLE DISTANCE– £200,000 FINAL The Marathon category aims to find the best all-weather The Fillies and Mares category aims to find the best The Middle Distance category aims to find the best all- ‘Stayer’ with a Championship Final over 15 furlongs, 169 female horse on the all-weather with a Championship weather horse over 10 furlongs (2,000m). yards (3,172m). Final over 7 furlongs (1,400m). This category compromises of every 9 furlong to 12 This category compromises of every 13 furlong or further This category compromises of every race confined to furlong 3-year-old and upwards race between 22 3-year-old and upwards race between 22 October 2019 3-year-old and upwards, Fillies and Mares, between 22 October 2019 and 31 December 2019 and all 4-year- and 31 December 2019 and all 4-year-old and upwards October 2019 and 31 December 2019 and all races old and upwards races from 1 January 2020 to the end races from 1 January 2020 to the end of the qualifying confined to 4-year-old and upwards Fillies and Mares of the qualifying period, excluding races confined to Fillies period, excluding races confined to Fillies and Mares. from 1 January 2020 to the end of the qualifying period. and Mares.

To qualify for the Final a horse must win one of the four To qualify for the Final a horse must win one of the four To qualify for the Final a horse must win one of the four Fast Track Qualifiers in the Marathon category or run Fast Track Qualifiers in the Fillies and Mares category or Fast Track Qualifiers in the Middle Distance category or a minimum of three times on the all-weather in Great run a minimum of three times on the all-weather in Great run a minimum of three times on the all-weather in Great Britain, Ireland and France or twice on the all-weather Britain, Ireland and France or twice on the all-weather Britain, Ireland and France or twice on the all-weather surfaces in Great Britain, Ireland, France and once in surfaces in Great Britain, Ireland, France and once in surfaces in Great Britain, Ireland, France and once in Dubai within in the qualifying period, and be rated high Dubai within in the qualifying period, and be rated high Dubai within in the qualifying period, and be rated high enough to make the cut. enough to make the cut. enough to make the cut.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 7 FAST TRACK QUALIFIERS

22 October 2019 Newcastle 6f Conditions 14 December 2019 Newcastle 16f Conditions 7 December 2019 Wolverhampton 6f Conditions 13 January 2020 Wolverhampton 16f Conditions 20 January 2020 Kempton 6f Conditions 16 February 2020 Kempton 16f Conditions 29 February 2020 Lingfield 7f Listed (Spring Cup) 7 March 2020 Chelmsford 16f Conditions

16 November 2019 Lingfield 6f Listed (Golden Rose) 31 October 2019 Lingfield 8f Listed (Fleur De Lys) 8 January 2020 Newcastle 5f Conditions 1 November 2019 Dundalk 8f Listed (Cooley) 1 February 2020 Lingfield 6f Listed (Cleves) 3 January 2020 Wolverhampton 7f Conditions 3 March 2020 Chantilly 6f Prix Anabaa 1 3 February 2020 Chelmsford 8f Conditions

20 November 2019 Kempton 8f Listed (Hyde) 16 November 2019 Lingfield 10f Listed (Churchill) 8 January 2020 Newcastle 8f Conditions 28 November 2019 Deauville 10f Listed Listed (Lyphard) 15 February 2020 Cagnes-Sur-Mer 8f Listed (Saonois) 1 February 2020 Lingfield 10f Listed (Winter Derby Trial) 7 March 2020 Wolverhampton 7f Listed (Lady Wulfruna) 22 February 2020 Lingfield 10f Group 3 (Winter Derby)

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 8 THE ALL-WEATHER RACECOURSES

Season 7 of the All-Weather Championships will run from 22 October 2019 to 10 April 2020. They include all races from Chelmsford City, Kempton Park, Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton in Great Britain, as well as races at the following racecourses in Ireland, France and Dubai.

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WOLVERHAMPTON CHELMSFORD CITY KEMPTON PARK NEWCASTLE KEMPTON PARK Great Leighs, Chelmsford Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames High Gosforth Park Essex CM3 1QP, UK Middlesex TW16 5AQ, UK NE3 5HP, UK www.chelmsfordcityracecourse.com www.kempton.co.uk www.newcastle-racecourse.co.uk CHELMSFORD CITY LINGFIELD PARK DEAUVILLE-LA TOUQUES LES COURSES HIPPIQUES SOUTHWELL 45 Avenue Hocquart de Turtot Boulevard Mireille Lauze Rolleston, Near Newark 14800 Deauville, FRANCE 13010 Marseille, FRANCE Nottinghamshire NG25 0TS, UK www.france-galop.com www.leshippodromesdelyon.fr www.southwell-racecourse.co.uk DEAUVILLE - LA TOUQUES

DUNDALK STADIUM LINGFIELD PARK WOLVERHAMPTON PORNICHET CHANTILLY Inner Relief Road, Dundalk Racecourse Road, Lingfield Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton Co. Louth, IRELAND Surrey RH7 6PQ, UK West Midlands WV6 0PE, UK LYON www.dundalkstadium.com www.lingfieldpark.co.uk www.wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk

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@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 9 CHELMSFORD CITY

BUILT: 2008 NEW TRACK The racecourse consists of an 8 furlong left-handed oval 2019 has seen the venue again host one of the most AND GRANDSTAND BUILT IN 2014 with large 135m+ sweeping bends. The track measures valuable evening fixtures in British racing history, as well TRACK: POLYTRACK 22m in width and finishes with a 2 furlong home straight. as staging its first ever Heritage Handicap, the 7f TRACK LENGTH: 1M OVAL £100,000 Chelmsford City Cup. In a year of firsts, CCR FEATURES: BHA DESIGNED OVAL Over £600,000 has been spent on upgrading the also ran another new Listed race, the £55,000 Chelmer racing surface since the racecourse opened, including a Stakes for fillies in May, as well as the £60,000 Cardinal Chelmsford City Racecourse (CCR) opened in January re-wax of the Polytrack to enhance its binding properties, Stakes, a key qualifying race for the Kentucky Derby. 2015 and is the only horseracing venue in Essex. the addition of a chute to create the popular 7f start, and in 2018 a replenishment of fibre through the whole track As well as catering for elite horses, care is taken to ensure profile. Average field sizes have continued to increase prize money is spread across the whole spectrum of year on year as a result of these improvements. equine participants, with most Class 4 to 6 races being run at near to BHA’s maximum permitted levels. In 2020, The track investment has enabled CCR to schedule 59 CCR will host its first ever Good Friday fixture, with a six fixtures in 2020 and also helped attract high quality figure card catering for runners of all abilities. racing to the course. Its racing programme currently contains the highest percentage of Class 1-4 AWT races ON the facilities front, work continues on the new turf in Britain and generous prize money will continue to be a course, which will complement the all-weather track and top priority. provide additional start options for horsemen from 2021.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 10 KEMPTON PARK

BUILT: 1878 Kempton Park opened for racing in 1878 when Kempton Park also boasts the first fully retractable TRACK: NEW POLYTRACK IN 2006 businessman Henry Hyde passed the site in Sunbury on floodlighting system used on a racecourse. Of the 42 (Refurbished 2015, 2016 & 2018) Thames and identified it as the perfect location for a new floodlights that illuminate the track, 28 of the poles have TRACK LENGTH: 10F (OUTER) AND 8F (INNER) racecourse in the UK. the ability to lay flat to the ground – ensuring the view of FEATURES: FLOODLIT OVAL daytime flat and jump racing is not compromised. Located within the historic jump track, the ten furlong, oval polytrack is right-handed with a bend radius of Refurbished in 2015, 2016 & 2018 – by British company 137m. The track is 20m wide in the home straight with Martin Collins Enterprises, who designed the surface a false rail at the 2nd pole which helps a trouble free specifically for Kempton Park – In 2015 & 2018 2000 passage to the winning post. tonnes of original specification polytrack with additional fibre and wax was added to the course and in 2016, 56 tonnes of wax and 48 tonnes of CLOPF fibre were added. This continued investment has rejuvenated the track and extends its performance and longevity.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 11 LINGFIELD PARK

BUILT: 1890 Lingfield Park is the only racecourse in Great Britain In 1982 the new owners installed flood defences on TRACK: NEW POLYTRACK IN 2012 to offer all three codes of racing – flat all-weather, flat the estate to alleviate flooding. A golf course was TRACK LENGTH: 1M 2F turf and jumping. It hosts around 90 fixtures a year developed and this opened in June 1987. FEATURES: SHARP, WITH SOME DOWNHILL with highlights on the flat including the All-Weather Plc purchased the course in 1991 and in 2001 made the Championships Finals Day and Derby and Oaks Trials decision to replace the Equitrack all-weather surface with Lingfield Park’s track was resurfaced with polytrack Day, along with the Surrey National over the jumps Polytrack, opening later that same year. in October 2012. Along with the construction of the in February. grandstand and a Marriott Hotel in 2010 this placed The all-weather track runs around the inside of the turf. It Lingfield Park firmly on the map as a major racing, Located in a 450-acre (1.8km) estate and opened in is a left-handed loop and follows much the same line as conference and leisure destination with excellent facilities. 1890 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), the turf course in the home straight and the back straight, who also agreed to let Lingfield Park incorporate the but turns sharply for home at the end of the back straight Prince of Wales feathers into its official heading, the and is 1m 2f in length. The track gently rises to a slight hill course initially held Jumps Racing only. In 1894 The at the start of the back straight before running downhill granted permission for flat racing to be held around the bottom corner and into the home straight and it has continued ever since. where it levels off. The result is that the 1m, 7f, 6f and 5f starts are all downhill which contributes to Lingfield being the sharpest of the all-weather tracks.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 12 NEWCASTLE

BUILT: 1882 Steeped in history, there has been in Since the introduction of the Tapeta, Newcastle has TRACK: NEW TAPETA IN 2016 Newcastle since the 17th century and this has been staged already welcomed a number of superstars through TRACK LENGTH: ROUND COURSE 1M 6F, in High Gosforth Park for the past 135 years. its gates, including Investec Oaks, King George VI STRAIGHT COURSE 1M and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and dual Prix de l’Arc de FEATURES: LEFT-HANDED ROUND TRACK, This is Newcastle’s third season as part of the Triomphe winner , St James’ Palace Stakes winner STRAIGHT MILE, GALLOPING TRACK All-Weather Championships. The £12 million conversion and Ascot Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup of its turf flat course into a world class Tapeta surface and Yorkshire Cup winner . means that there is now an all-weather track in the north of . Racing on Good Friday at Newcastle started in 2017, with the highlight the £100,000 Burradon Stakes, a The Tapeta track was officially opened in May 2016, now Listed race for 3-year-olds, run over a mile. Richard and has received wide spread praise from jockeys and Fahey’s Forest Ranger was victorious in the race’s first trainers as an excellent, fair and safe racing surface. year, with Phoenix Thoroughbred’s Gronkowski the The track provides horses with the chance to experience winner in 2018. Gronkowski went on from Newcastle a wide, galloping track including the only straight to finish second behind the unbeaten US Triple Crown all-weather mile in the world. winner Justify in the Belmont Stakes in June.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 13 SOUTHWELL

BUILT: 1898 has been hosting horseracing The all-weather track is a left-handed oval with tight TRACK: FIBRESAND meetings since 1898. The racecourse now holds 68 bends at either end and a long 3f straight on the main TRACK LENGTH: 1M 2F fixtures a year, both on the flat all-weather track and the run in. It runs around the outside of the National Hunt FEATURES: FIBRESAND SURFACE National Hunt turf course. turf course. The oval is a mile-and-a-quarter for the round course with the bends having a slight camber built Located near Newark-on-Trent, and set in 145 acres of into them. The 2f spur means Southwell can run straight beautiful Nottinghamshire countryside it is one of the 5f races, the second longest all-weather straight in the six all-weather tracks in the UK, with a unique Fibresand country after Newcastle’s one mile straight. surface – a mixture of sand and elastic fibres. In March 2019, the installation of state-of-the-art LED In October 2016 the Fibresand on the back straight floodlights at Southwell was completed, allowing evening underwent £120,000 worth of refurbishment work in racing to take place at the Nottinghamshire track for the order to improve the drainage and provide an optimal first time. race surface.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 14 WOLVERHAMPTON

BUILT: 1887 Wolverhampton has hosted horse race meetings since A new Tapeta surface was installed in August 2014. TRACK: NEW TAPETA IN 2014 1887. The racecourse moved to the current Dunstall Park At the time this was the first Tapeta racing surface in TRACK LENGTH: 1M venue at the end of the 1920’s, originally hosting both Europe and its introduction has been widely praised FEATURES: FLOODLIT jump and flat racing on turf. by trainers and jockeys who report it to be a safe and fair racing surface for horses. Such was the success at Located on the outskirts of Wolverhampton City Centre In 1993 there was a complete overhaul of the track and Wolverhampton that Tapeta was chosen for Newcastle’s at Dunstall Park, was a Fibresand surface was laid alongside the turf track. new all-weather surface which opened in 2016. Britain’s first floodlit racetrack, and brings you the thrills of Floodlights were also added to allow for evening racing. racing day and night. Wolverhampton hosts around 80 History was made when the first ever British horserace Tapeta uses a selection of specifically blended fibres, fixtures a year. took place under those floodlights in 1993. waxes, PVC and sand to a depth of up to seven inches. The first Tapeta surface was pioneered by Michael In 2004 the Fibresand and turf tracks were replaced by Dickinson and his wife Joan Wakefield over fifteen years the current Polytrack surface. The course is an oval of just ago. Four other racecourses use Tapeta; Newcastle in the over 1m in circumference with tight left-handed turns and UK, Golden Gate Fields and Presque Isle Downs in the a short run in. The course also has additional chutes for USA and Tapeta Park in Tasmania. 6f and 7f races.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 15 SPONSORSHIP & MARKETING

The All-Weather Championships represent a SPONSORED BY fantastic opportunity for our sponsors to showcase THE 3-YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS their brand and engage with customers. 3-Year-Old (3YO)

Enhanced promotion will continue to encourage racing fans to engage with the All-Weather Championships via the bespoke All-Weather Championships website THE SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS (www.awchampionships.co.uk) and social media Sprint (SP) (#awchamps).

There will be extensive promotion by the racecourses and our media partner and THE MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS attheraces.com, including a weekly round-up show and Mile (MI) special features.

THE MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS Marathon (MA)

THE FILLIES & MARES CHAMPIONSHIPS Fillies & Mares (FM)

THE MIDDLE DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Middle Distance (MD)

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 16 OUR MEDIA PARTNER

We are proud to work with Sky Sports Racing and The channel is available in 14 million multi-channel homes attheraces.com as our media partner. across the UK and Ireland at no extra cost to Sky and subscribers. It is home to over 700 UK fixtures per year, including Royal Ascot, the William Hill St Leger Festival, Boodles Chester May Meeting and every race from the All-Weather Championships. Sky Sports Racing is watched by over 2 million different viewers each month and on average by around 300,000 Sky Sports Racing is the UK’s largest, dedicated horse viewers each day (BARB/Nielsen). racing TV channel and is produced at Sky’s studios alongside all other Sky Sports channels. Attheraces.com and the At The Races app form the UK and Ireland’s leading digital platform for horse racing. They generate up to 13 million user sessions per month (Google Analytics) and attract over 500,000 followers on social media channels.​

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 17 SECTIONAL TIMING & IN-RACE DATA

The All-Weather Championships has been proud to be In addition to sectional times, TPD and ATR also now publish data on each individual horses average stride length and at the forefront of the introduction of sectional timing frequency, to give punters, racegoers and horsemen an even closer insight into their performance. and detailed in-race data for over four years. 15:05 Lingfield 19 April 2019 Betway All-Weather Sprint Championships Conditions Stakes In conjunction with our partners At The Races and Total Performance Data, we have been able to shine a light on the incredible amount of exciting statistical information available in racing. Sectional Timing offers in-race speed information per runner throughout a race allowing fascinating stories to unfold way before the horses reach the finish line with the data analysing the way a race is run, rather than just the result of it.

For the fifth consecutive season of the All-Weather Championship, Total Performance Data will provide Sectional Times from all races on the four ARC all- weather racecourses – Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton. All the data will be available, free of charge, on At The Races online.

We are, once again, proud to be leading the field in this area along with Total Performance Data and At The Races.

@AWCHAMPS AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK 18 CONTACT US

JON PULLIN FRASER GARRITY RACING DIRECTOR ARC RACECOURSE MANAGER E: [email protected] CHELMSFORD CITY T: 020 7802 5120 E: [email protected] T: 01245 360300

SAM CONE GEORGE HILL PR & COMMS MANAGER ARC CLERK OF THE COURSE [email protected] LINGFIELD PARK T: 020 7802 5120 E: [email protected] M: 07920 404 296 T: 07581 119 984

MARCUS GEAR DAVID WILLIAMSON SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER ARC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR E: [email protected] NEWCASTLE T: 020 7802 5120 E: [email protected] T: 01902 362 020

WILL BOWLER MARK CLAYTON MARKETING ASSISTANT ARC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR E: [email protected] SOUTHWELL T: 01636 814 481 E: [email protected] T: 01636 814 481

STEVE PARLETT DAVID ROBERTS GENERAL MANAGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEMPTON PARK WOLVERHAMPTON E: [email protected] E: [email protected] T: 01932 782292 T: 01902 390 000

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ARENA RACING COMPANY 3RD FLOOR, MILLBANK TOWER, 21-24 MILLBANK, LONDON SW1P 4QP